Two children hospitalized after crash

LAUREL HILL — Two children were seriously injured Wednesday afternoon in an accident on State Road 85 and Plympton Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

By STAFF REPORTS | Northwest Florida Daily News

LAUREL HILL — Two children were seriously injured Wednesday afternoon in an accident on State Road 85 and Plympton Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Stori J. Henderson, 23, of Laurel Hill, was driving a 2008 Jeep south on SR 85 about 2:50 p.m. when she tried to make a left turn onto Plympton and crossed the path of a northbound a 2012 Ford pickup truck driven by Tracey Acree, 52, of Fort Walton Beach, the FHP reported.

The vehicles collided and the Jeep stopped on the east shoulder of SR 85. The truck ended up on the west shoulder of SR 85.

The two children in the Jeep, 13 and 8 years old, were taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola with serious injuries. The FHP did not identify them.

Acree and Henderson suffered minor injuries, although Henderson also was taken to Sacred Heart.